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Urbane Cyclist

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Bike commuter for over 35+ yrs; last 20 in London; also road, gravel and mtb. Also commenting on #brexshit. 🍉 🇱🇧

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fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Pro cyclist here who grew up in abject poverty as an only child. When I started cycling seriously in my teens I needed extra calories mom couldn't afford. I used to go to the local food bank and pretend I had three siblings. They knew and never said a word. They were true saints.
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Past Glasgow @pastglasgow.co.uk · 30/09/2026
In February 1972, 20 students from Glasgow School of Art greeted Gordon Campbell, the Scottish Secretary of State, as he opened the Charing Cross section of the M8. They waved banners that are as relevant now as they were then as Campbell passed beneath in the Lord Provost's car. 📷 Newqsquest
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Urbane Cyclist @urbanecyclist.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Believe Motivation
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Jon Salt @jon-salt.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
As part of any sanction, it should be mandatory for this clip to be played before every Man City game. As Cloughie said, "throw your medals in the bin, because you've never won anything fairly, you've done it by cheating". #MCFC #115 youtu.be/dYBj_qAJtRA?...
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Clip from The Damned United - Brian Clough's first day as Leeds Manager
YouTube video by Sony Pictures Releasing UK
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Urbane Cyclist @urbanecyclist.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I agree with @friebos.bsky.sociali that the #UCIWC #RR should be raced as trade teams. Remove the conflict of interest (and the flags) @thecyclingpodcast.bsky.social
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Urbane Cyclist @urbanecyclist.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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A new start after 60: I’m 92 and cycling is my life – despite the crash that left me unconscious
Arthur Plummer got a bike when he retired at 65 and joined a cycling club as one of its youngest members. Now he is its oldest but still racking up 5,000km every year
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road.cc @roadcc.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“In the last decade, about three people every week have been killed by drivers on your roads. In that time, the only people you’ve asked to be courteous are cyclists. Make it make sense”
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Anger as “tone-deaf” Traffic Scotland tells cycling groups “courtesy goes a long way” and to “be mindful of traffic behind you”, days after cyclist killed by driver during club ride; The most stylish ...
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Mike Hoerger, PhD, MSCR, MBA @michael-hoerger.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
PMC COVlD Update, Sep 21, 2026 (US) 🔥13th COVlD wave 🔥40 states/territories with outbreaks (see Alt text) 🔥3.8 million estimated weekly infections 🔥Outbreaks in NYC 🔥Extremely high levels on the Big Island of HI Mask up and get boosted. 🧵THREAD (1/4)
The US has at least 34 states and territories with COVlD outbreaks. These include Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Guam, Hawai'i, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Utah, Virginia, Washington, and West Virginia. Levels on the Big Island of Hawai’i are particularly high. Note also, the NYC area is seeing outbreaks.

There are likely outbreaks in additional states. The summary statistic of 40 only includes counties with observed data, rather than estimated data. For example, Idaho, Louisiana, Maryland, and Tennessee likely have outbreaks, but monitoring is poor.
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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Arthur Schopenhauer, German ‘philosopher of pessimism’, died #OTD 1860, whose work on the Will influenced philosophers, scientists & writers including Nietzsche, Einstein, Schrödinger, Tolstoy, Thomas Mann, Samuel Beckett. Portrait by Ludwig Ruhl, 1815, Universitätsbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Urbane Cyclist @urbanecyclist.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Why? Not everyone has a petrol vehicle. Would not a windfall tax on energy companies be fairer? BBC News - Ed Davey calls for immediate 10p cut to fuel duty - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Ed Davey calls for immediate 10p cut to fuel duty
Sir Ed blamed Donald Trump's war with Iran for damaging the UK economy and pushing fuel prices up.
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Urbane Cyclist @urbanecyclist.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Still have doubts over Schlager. Very busy and visible, but doesn't deliver much. Would put Sangare with McAtee on from the start. #nffc
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Urbane Cyclist @urbanecyclist.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Driving that’s too fast, too dangerous and utterly lawless: why do we tolerate this petro-masculinity? | George Monbiot
In towns and in the countryside, I see 4x4s and pick up trucks driven without care or consicence. It’s a Magafication of transport, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Darren Mark Skilton @darrenmarkskilton.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
CHOOSING TO NOT GET "TOO POLITICAL" IS STILL A POLITICAL DECISION SILENCE = COMPLICITY
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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
6 Different Regions of Asia Map Do you think these are accurate? brilliantmaps.com/6-differe...
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Urbane Cyclist @urbanecyclist.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This is more my style. youtube.com/shorts/fmmRJ...
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Extreme MTB Girl Failed 🫣🥵 #mtb #downhill #fail
YouTube video by MTB Master
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Urbane Cyclist @urbanecyclist.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Serious skills. youtube.com/watch?v=IW07...
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Ondra Slez Makes His NST Debut | Bike 2026 | Natural Selection Tour
YouTube video by Natural Selection Tour
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Tonke @tonke.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
His efforts on the bike were great, but this may have been my favorite Alaphilippe moment ever
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bodaciou$ @b0dacious.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
going to two concerts back to back in your 30s
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Urbane Cyclist @urbanecyclist.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Danny Macaskill Endless Light in Norway - Bosch eBike Systems share.google/3wHr5bqWs4o5...
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Danny Macaskill Endless Light in Norway - Bosch eBike Systems
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
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Urbane Cyclist @urbanecyclist.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I think the opportunity for a two state solution has long since gone. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I believe in a two-state solution in the Middle East. That’s why we’re taking action to keep that hope alive | Andy Burnham
Our sanctions aren’t about the Israeli people, but about the unacceptable policies of the Israeli government, and the suffering they cause Palestinians, says the UK prime minister Andy Burnham
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Urbane Cyclist @urbanecyclist.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The resurrection of Landismo! www.nytimes.com/athletic/758...
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Mikel Landa lands emotional queen-stage victory at Vuelta as Enric Mas extends red-jersey lead (Gift Article)
Analysis of stage 20 of the Vuelta a España, a 187km route from La Calahorra to Collado del Alguacil
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Urbane Cyclist @urbanecyclist.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
You try and look clever by sitting in front of a blackboard with lots of maths on, but then give £36m to Reform.... the scales just tipped. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Reform UK given record £36m donation by British crypto billionaire
Ben Delo was convicted in US for failing to implement adequate anti-money laundering controls but pardoned by Trump
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Taras Grescoe 🚇 @taras-grescoe.com · 04/09/2026
"A cyclist can go 3 or 4x faster than a pedestrian, but uses 5x less energy. A bicycle is a perfect transducer to match metabolic energy to impedance of locomotion. Equipped with this tool, humans outstrip the efficiency of not only all machines, but all other animals as well." —Ivan Illich
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Urbane Cyclist @urbanecyclist.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I am boy from Java born in 2020...
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Historian William Dalrymple argues that the history of the Palestinians is best understood not as a story of one population suddenly replacing another, but as one of deep continuity alongside constant cultural change. Over millennia, the people of the land experienced successive shifts
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Ghislaine Hull @ghizzybear.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
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fredfelt.bsky.social @fredfelt.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I'm looking forward to seeing you lot when you come to visit Oxford! Thought I'd share this post from Facebook, thoughts on Oxford's 'War on Motorists'..
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The “war on motorists” has to be one of the most fragile, overdramatic phrases in modern public debate. Apparently, asking people not to park on pavements, so wheelchair users, parents with prams, and elderly people can actually pass, is a “war.” Making roads safer so fewer people are killed or seriously injured is a “war.” Adding cycling infrastructure so people have a choice beyond sitting in traffic is a “war.” Reducing speed limits in residential areas so children don’t die is a “war.” It’s absolutely absurd. The vast majority of public space is given over to car drivers. Roads, parking bays, multistorey car parks and retail parks built entirely around driving. The idea that drivers are somehow an oppressed group is detached from reality. What’s actually happening isn’t a war on cars, it’s a slow, long overdue correction, after decades of designing everything around one mode of transport, at the expense of all others.
Being asked to drive a bit slower, being asked not to block the pavement and being asked to share space.
That’s not oppression, that’s living in a society with other people.
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Urbane Cyclist @urbanecyclist.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Sorry for Pogacar, but the @lavuelta.bsky.social just got more interesting.
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Urbane Cyclist @urbanecyclist.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
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The hill I will die on: The barbecue is fundamentally unenjoyable. Please, put a lid on it | Max Liu
Dress up the barbie however you like – it’s toxic, tiresome and, more to the point, malnourishing, says freelance writer Max Liu
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Urbane Cyclist @urbanecyclist.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Aina and Schlager are not up to PL. #nffc
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Urbane Cyclist @urbanecyclist.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Why is fandalising Trump's golf courses not just a criminal activity rather than a terrorist one? Really don't understand this. www.middleeasteye.net/news/very-fr...
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'A very frightening time': US terror tag endangers UK Palestine Action activists, critics say
Washington announced the sanctions days before it was revealed that activists who targeted Trump's Scottish golf resort could face sentencing as 'terrorists'
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Urbane Cyclist @urbanecyclist.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Some cool stiling on Islay. @lakesstiles.bsky.social
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Liz Webster 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧🇪🇺 @lizwebster.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
🔥 The EU 🇪🇺 is banning Brazilian 🇧🇷 beef and chicken after Brazil failed to prove compliance with antibiotic rules. Britain 🇬🇧 has not. NI must follow the EU ban, widening UK divide. Accepting meat rejected by Europe also threatens Burnham’s SPS reset. Shared food safety 👉 or Brexit divergence?
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Bicycles brought unprecedented freedom to many women, creating a change in restrictive clothing, independence of movement and were an iconic symbol of early feminism. #WomensArt
Monochrome photograph featuring two white women in late 19th century attire relaxing together on grass by a tree against which two bikes are propped
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Urbane Cyclist @urbanecyclist.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
"Brown did not cash in when he left No 10. Did not take a fat job in banking, a knighthood, or even the prime ministerial pension to which he’s entitled." Not all in it for the money, Mr. Farage. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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‘I don’t want to be a backseat driver’: Gordon Brown on Burnham, billionaires – and his vision for a better Britain
The former UK prime minister is still shaping politics (even if he doesn’t want to interfere). He talks about keeping his temper, staying fit – and why he won’t pay £90 for a Scotland football shirt
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Urbane Cyclist @urbanecyclist.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Aina not good enough to be a wing-back, more of a right back. #nffc
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Urbane Cyclist @urbanecyclist.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Another yawn fest. Not had a decent GT GC battle since the Giro 25....
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Urbane Cyclist @urbanecyclist.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
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Waving Canadian Flag
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Urbane Cyclist @urbanecyclist.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
The Russian Empire is still going strong.
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scha·den·freu·de @blisterpearl.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
"You say 'amateur' as if it's a dirty word Amateur comes from the Latin word 'amare', which means to love. To do things for
the love of it "

-Thomas Pembridge-
(character played by Malcolm McDowell in Mozart in the Jungle)
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 16/08/2026
Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has called for nightly killings in Gaza of dozens of people who he says are ‘not worthy of life’. It’s the latest in a series of attempts at making life unbearably harsh for Palestinians.
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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Gas (Petrol) Taxes Per Litre In The US, Canada & Europe Compared Data in gallons: brilliantmaps.com/gas-petro...
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Urbane Cyclist @urbanecyclist.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Automatic gears? On a pushbike? This is just getting silly. I am still struggling with the cycling ethics of having hydraulic braking...this is too far. road.cc/promoted/the...
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The no-fuss commuter: Testing automatic gears on the steep hills of Bath | electric bike reviews, buying advice and news - ebiketips
Explore how automatic gears enhance belt drive e-bikes, providing seamless performance for urban and hilly terrains.
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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
'Used as human bait': Leaked image shows elderly Palestinian men before execution by Israeli forces - www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/liv…
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'Used as human bait': Leaked image shows elderly Palestinian men before execution by Israeli forces
<article data-history-node-id="445718" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/used-human-bait-leaked-image-shows-elderly-palestinian-men-execution" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/used-human-bait-leaked-image-shows-elderly-palestinian-men-execution" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">'Used as human bait': Leaked image shows elderly Palestinian men before execution by Israeli forces</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>A newly leaked photograph shows two blindfolded elderly&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/palestine" target="_blank">Palestinian</a>&nbsp;men from Beit Lahia in Gaza, hours&nbsp;before&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel" target="_blank">Israeli</a>&nbsp;forces killed them in November 2024, according to Palestinian journalist Younis Tirawi, who published the image.</p> <p>The photograph shows Israeli military personnel standing between two blindfolded men, whom Tirawi identified in a&nbsp;<a href="https://x.com/ytirawi/status/2085701035935269026" target="_blank">post</a>&nbsp;on X as Nadi Marouf and Ali Marouf.</p> <p>He said the photograph was taken hours before their deaths and that the two men were "used as human bait and then executed".</p> <p>In an earlier&nbsp;<a href="https://x.com/ytirawi/status/1983097560865640595" target="_blank">post&nbsp;</a>in October 2025, Tirawi had said that troops from the 92nd Battalion of the Kfir Brigade abducted the men from Beit Lahia and held them as human shields for several days.&nbsp;</p> <p>"Israeli troops from the 92nd Battalion of the Kfir Brigade abducted two elderly Palestinians from Beit Lahia and used them as human shields for days before killing them," Tirawi wrote.</p> <h3>Read more:&nbsp;<a aria-label="'Used as human bait': Leaked image shows elderly Palestinian men before execution by Israeli forces" href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/leaked-image-shows-elderly-palestinians-used-human-shields-execution-israeli-forces">'Used as human bait': Leaked image shows elderly Palestinian men before execution by Israeli forces</a></h3> <p><img alt="The last known photograph of Palestinian men Nadi Marouf and Ali Marouf, who were reportedly killed in November 2024 after being used as human shields (Younis Tirawi/X)" src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/styles/crop_16_9/public/images-story/ast%20known%20photograph%20of%20Nadi%20Marouf%20and%20Ali%20Marouf%2C%20two%20elderly%20men%20from%20Beit%20Lahia%2C%20northern%20Gaza%2C%20who%20he%20said%20were%20killed%20in%20November%202024%20after%20being%20used%20as%20human%20shields%20%28Younis%20Tirawi%20X%29.jpg.jpg?itok=RMkKNDfe"></p> </div> </div> </article>
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Urbane Cyclist @urbanecyclist.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Weekday daytime flight yesterday back from a worktrip to Nigeria. I was the only person in premium economy working on a laptop, but according to the rightwing press, public sector workers are all lazy... Guess the private sector workers are all in "cost efficient" business class - watching films.
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Urbane Cyclist @urbanecyclist.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
I follow a number of America on here. They occasionally post pictures of their food, saying how amazing it is. As a European who travels a lot in Asia, I am like wtf! These guys need to spend more time in Italy, China, Japan, Thailand etc.
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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Jewish terrorists in a Toyota pickup truck, blocking an ambulance trying to evacuate 3 Palestinians injured in an attack they carried out against passengers in Palestinian vehicles. On the way to the village of Nejma, southeast of Bethlehem.
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Urbane Cyclist @urbanecyclist.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
“3/4ths of disabled people don’t drive. Stop using us as an excuse for car dependency.” — @nondriver.bsky.social in collaboration with @urbantruth.bsky.social. #UrbanTruth Worth repeating. #UrbanTruth
Same quote as in post. Tagline is “Mobility freedom comes from mobility choices.”
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Urbane Cyclist @urbanecyclist.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
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Lime bikes hurtling around the city: is this the revenge of a priced-out generation? | Andy Beckett
From running red lights to dumping bikes, some Lime users get a bad rap. But many who grumble about them don’t appreciate their own privilege, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett
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